[MPlayer-dev-eng] [PATCH] pkg-config -> $PKG_CONFIG

[The Wanderer]

Alex Beregszaszi wrote:

> Hi,
> 
>> here's a little patch that introduces $PKG_CONFIG in ./configure so
>> one can specify an own command for the pkg-config tool.
> 
> In which case would you specify a a different pkg-config? Is that
> "standard"?

I suspect without looking that this is derived from the mini-discussion
a few threads over, in which it was proposed that we create our own
'pkg-config' to be used where a local one is not available and then
switch configure over to use pkg-config exclusively for determining
dependent-library CFLAGS and the like. In such a scenario, this variable
would allow one to specify whether to use the system pkg-config or
MPlayer's hypothetical internal one (which would probably just use the
same logic as is currently present in configure).

Whether or not this is a good idea in the first place is, last I heard,
still up in the air.

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